15 The Magic 02
原文内容
10 句英文原文
" Where have you wasted your time?" she demanded.
" You have been out for hours."
" It was so wet and muddy," Sara answered," it was hard to walk, because my shoes were so bad and slipped about."
" Make no excuses," said Miss Minchin," and tell no falsehoods."
" Why didn't you stay all night?" she snapped.
中文翻译
当莎拉走进房子时,她遇到了明钦小姐,明钦小姐下楼来是为了责骂厨师。
"你把时间浪费在哪儿了?"她质问道。
你已经外出好几个小时了。
“地面非常潮湿泥泞,”萨拉回答道,“走路很困难,因为我的鞋子太破旧了,总是打滑。”
“不要找借口,”明钦小姐说,“也不要说谎。”
萨拉走进了厨房。
厨师挨了一顿严厉的训斥,结果脾气变得非常暴躁。
她正巴不得有个人可以发泄怒火,而萨拉像往常一样,成了现成的出气筒。
"你为什么不留下来过夜?"她厉声说道。
萨拉把买的东西放在桌子上。
重点词汇
10 个scold/skəʊld/
v.责骂
原句:who had come downstairs to scold the cook
demanded/dɪˈmɑːndɪd/
v.质问
原句:"Where have you wasted your time?" she demanded
muddy/ˈmʌdi/
adj.泥泞的
原句:"It was so wet and muddy," Sara answered
slipped/slɪpt/
v.滑
原句:because my shoes were so bad and slipped about
falsehoods/ˈfɔːlshʊdz/
n.谎言
原句:"Make no excuses," said Miss Minchin, "and tell no falsehoods."
severe/sɪˈvɪə(r)/
adj.严厉的
原句:The cook had received a severe lecture
fearful/ˈfɪəfl/
adj.可怕的;极坏的
原句:and was in a fearful temper as a result
rejoiced/rɪˈdʒɔɪst/
adj.欣喜的
原句:She was only too rejoiced to have someone to vent her rage on
vent/vent/
v.发泄
原句:She was only too rejoiced to have someone to vent her rage on
snapped/snæpt/
v.厉声说
原句:"Why didn't you stay all night?" she snapped
重点语法
5 个1
"only too...to do" 表示 "非常...以至于去做",强调肯定
only too + adj. + to do
原文
She was only too rejoiced to have someone to vent her rage on
她非常高兴能有人让她发泄怒火
例句
I am only too glad to help you.
我非常乐意帮助你。
2
"as a result" 表示 "结果",引出前因的后果
as a result
原文
The cook had received a severe lecture and was in a fearful temper as a result.
厨师挨了一顿严厉的训斥,结果脾气变得极坏。
例句
He didn't study hard, and as a result, he failed the exam.
他没有努力学习,结果考试不及格。
3
"as usual" 表示 "像往常一样"
as usual
原文
and Sara was a convenience, as usual.
而萨拉像往常一样,是个方便的(出气筒)。
例句
He arrived late, as usual.
他像往常一样迟到了。
4
"Where have you wasted your time?" 是现在完成时的特殊疑问句,询问过去发生并对现在有影响的动作
Where have + 主语 + 过去分词
原文
"Where have you wasted your time?" she demanded.
"你到哪里浪费你的时间去了?"她质问道。
例句
Where have you been all these years?
这些年你都去哪儿了?
5
"Make no excuses, and tell no falsehoods." 是祈使句的否定形式,结构为 "Do (动词原形) + no + 名词"
Do (动词原形) + no + 名词
原文
"Make no excuses," said Miss Minchin, "and tell no falsehoods."
"不要找借口,"明钦小姐说,"也不要说谎。"
例句
Speak no evil. See no evil.
勿言恶。勿视恶。